Frank Oz
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 25, 1944 (81 years old)
Place of Birth: Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor, and puppetee. He is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films, including the Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars franchise.
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Actor Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Actor
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
Actor
Muppet History 101
Actor Self
Muppet Music Moments
Actor Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Actor Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Actor Yoda (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
Actor Grover (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Director
The Stepford Wives
2003
2002
Actor Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Actor Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Actor Self / Yoda
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Actor Self
I Love Muppets
Actor Bert / Cookie Monster (credit song) / T-Shirt Salesman / Fat Blue Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
2001
1999
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle (voice)
Muppets from Space
Actor Yoda (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Actor Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Actor Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal / Sam the Eagle
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Actor Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Actor Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
CinderElmo
Director
Bowfinger
1998
1997
1996
Actor Cookie Monster / Green (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Actor Cookie Monster (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
Actor Cookie Monster
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share
Producer
Muppet Treasure Island
1995
1994
1993
1992
Actor Pathologist
Innocent Blood
Actor Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit / Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig / Sam the Eagle as Headmaster of Junior High Graduates / Animal / George the Janitor / Horse and Carriage Driver / Vegetable Salesman (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Actor Miss Piggy
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Director
Housesitter
Executive Producer
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1991
1990
Actor
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Actor Self / Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Bert / ... (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Actor Cookie Monster (voice) / Grover (voice) / Clancy (voice)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Actor Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Actor Miss Piggy (voice)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Actor
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1989
1988
1987
1986
Actor Cookie Monster/Bert/Grover/Princess Penelope (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Actor The Wiseman
Labyrinth
Actor Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Sam the Eagle / Bert / Animal / Grover / Cookie Monster / Marvin Suggs
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Actor Bert / Grover (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Cookie Monster (Bedtime Stories and Songs) / Tallest and Smallest People (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Director
Little Shop of Horrors
1985
Actor Test Monitor
Spies Like Us
Actor Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
Actor Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy (voice)
The Muppet Revue
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Actor Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy / Animal
Muppet Treasures
Actor Miss Piggy (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Actor Miss Piggy (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1984
1983
Actor Corrupt Cop
Trading Places
Actor Yoda (voice)
Return of the Jedi
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Gramps (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Actor Himself
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Actor Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover (voice)
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Actor Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Actor Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Big Bird in China
Actor Grump
Muppet Breakthrough
1982
1981
Actor Self
Of Muppets & Men
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
Actor Mr. Collins
An American Werewolf in London
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Actor Grump (voice)
Muppet Side Splitter
Producer
The Great Muppet Caper
1980
1979
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Doc Hopper's Men / Marvin Suggs / Swedish Chef (hands) / Motorcycle Guy (voice)
The Muppet Movie
Actor Various Muppets
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Actor Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal (voice)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Actor Self / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle (voice)
The Orson Welles Show
Actor Grump / Quongo
Muppet Breaker Upper
Actor Grump
Muppet Gimme a Break
Actor Grump
Let's Have the Dam Break
Actor Grump
Grump Critic
Actor Grump
Meal Break
Actor Grover / Cookie Monster / Bert (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Creative Consultant
The Muppet Movie
